Level attachment for drills.



F. SGHTABE. LEVEL ATTACHMENT FOR DEILLS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10, 1909.

W Y )V/LS 5 5 P. SGHTABE.

LEVEL ATTACHMENT FOR DRILLS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10, 1909.

Patented June 7, 1910.

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To all whom it may concern iv g of the upper straight levels.

' toward and away from the said brace A similar scale of the 7, operated by an adjust-ing screw 8, to atwithin said frames 11 by circular plates 12 FERDINAND soisrrann,

LEVEL ATTACHMENT FOR DIR-ILLS.

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Letters Patent.

Application filed. August 10, 1909. Serial No. 512,229, v v

Be it known thatl, FERDINAND ScH'rABn, citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Level Attachments for Drills,'.of which the following is a specifieation.'

My invention relates to apparatus for findingand maintaining a desired angle at which a hole is to be bored, the mes maintaining the angle being attachab boring brace, and embodying elements having an arbitrary scale corresponding to a angle rthe accompanyin drawings, illustratmyinvention, and forming a 'partof this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of a boring brace provided with my improved level attachment. Fig. is atop-plan view of my improved level attachment removed.v Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken therethrough. Fig. 4: is an enlarged view of the compass 15, shown in Fig. 4:- Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through one of the folded casing supports, removed, and in a distended posit1on,.and on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken through oneof the side circular levels, and on an enlarged scale,,and Fig. -7 is a similar View taken through one In the preferred embodiment of my inven tion as illustrated'in the drawings, 5 designates a rectangular casing to whichisconnected a plurality oftubes 6, which are arranged to telescope within one another. The outer tube 6.is provided with a suitable clasp tach said clasp and the casing 5 to a boring brace A. Thus the casing 5 maybe moved within the limits oi the adjustmentof the connecting tubes 6. -The casing 5 is provided as shown, upon two of its sides, with circular spirit levels 9 and 10, mounted within circular frames 11, arbitrarily graduated. Said spirit levels 9 and 10 are held Fig. 6 of reduced diameter to the diameter of the frames 11, and provided with movable indicators 13 for said spirit levels, having bifurcated ends slidably arranged upon the peripheral edge of the said plates 12, and

theedge of frames 11, and rovided with in-- dicating fingers 14, extending inwardly beresting upon the levels .9 and 10. The level 10 is further provided with an angle indicatable indicator l5, and which is adapted to be used in connection with angles, which cannot be indicated by the spirit levels; As incompass 15 are employed to maintain the desired angle, indicating fingers being-moved to the desired point- Mounted upon the upper surface of the ranged at right-angles to one another in frames 17, providedwith inwardly extending apertured brackets 18 at the endstheretudinally immovably journaled. Mounted upon the screw shafts 19 Figs. 2 and 7 are movable indicators 20 arranged between the brackets 18, which indicators are threaded to shafts 19, to be moved longitudinally therevided with indicating fingers 21, exten ing inwardly upon the straight levels 16. It will be apparent that the indication of the levels 16 will change in accordance with the indication of the circular levels9 and 10 and tended to the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5 to abut any suitable sup ort which may be handy, in order to assist t e operator in maintaining the brace A at the desired angle. ismuch as work of this character is very when required to be done in relatively da 1;: places, I rovide the casing 5 with a li hting attac ment comprising a their opposite ends slidably supported upon bulb 23 Fig. 4, which is mounted through Patented June 7, 1916..

tween said plates 12 andsaid frames 11 and ing-compass 15, secured centrally upon its circular plates 12, which may have a movthe compass 15, and that in accordance there with, the movable indicators-20 thereof'm'ay' timated, the spirit levels 9 and 10 and the 3 -casing 5, are a pair of straight levels 16, ar-

of, through which screw shafts '19 are longicorrespond with the pitch of the threaded v on by the rotation of said shafts, and roangular movement of the brace A, andthe ward casing 5, as shown in Fig. 3, or dised with the insulated contact member 27 by' a rotatable switch plate 30, having its shank journaled through one wall of the casing 5, and provided with an exterior operating I knob 31.

Referring back to the movable indicators 13 and 20, of the circular and straight levels 9 and 10, and 16 respectively, it will be apparent that the said movable indicators 20 will not move except upon rotation of the screw shafts 19, while the movable indicators 13 may be immovably locked in engagement with the circular plates 12 by means of a screw stop 32, threadedly mounted through said indicators 13 and adapted to be screwed into tight engagement with the said plates 12.

Having fully described my invention,

claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a boring brace, of a level casing, adjustable means for supporting the same from said brace, angle indicating means carried by said casing, and adj ustable supporting arms carried by said casable to allow of the movement of said casing toward and away from said brace, angle indlcating means carried by said casing, and

longitudinal telescoping supporting arms carried by said casing for adjustment toward and away from the same, substantially as described. a

3. ha device of the character described, the combination with a boring brace, of a level casing, adjustable means for supporting the same from said brace, levels arranged upon said level casing and at right angles to each other, adjustable indicators arranged upon said level casing for cooperating with said levels, and ad ustable supporting arms carried by said casing, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDINAND SCHTABE. 

